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Massachusetts Football Team History


Massachusetts Minutemen
University of Massachusetts
 Amherst, MA
Founded: 1965
Stadium: McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Capacity: 17,000
Colors: Red & Gray & Black
Coach: Don Brown
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Massachusetts 
Team Timeline
First Team: 2012  
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  None
Division Championships
  None
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 579-643-51
 Winning Pct. 47%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 579-643-51
 Winning Pct. 47%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 0
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 37-43-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 321-259-20
 Away Record 258-379-31
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 142
 Winning Seasons (#1) 65
 Losing Seasons (#1)66
 Most Wins in A Season 13 (2006)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (2022)
 10 Win Seasons 4
 Most Points Scored in a Game 77 (11/14/1931)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 524 (1998)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 80 (1885)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 632 (2019)
 Largest Margin of Victory 77 (11/14/1931)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 80 (1885)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 121 (11/3/2018)
 Last Shutout 11/1/2008
 Last Time Shutout 10/14/2023
 Shutouts All-Time 184
 Been Shutout All-Time 198
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 12 (9/16/2006-12/8/2006)
 Longest Losing  16 (10/5/2019-10/2/2021)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 1-1-0
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 0-0-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  6-43
 2010-19  30-88
 2000-09  76-44
 1990-99 68-46
 1980-89 55-52-1
 1970-79 64-40-2
 1960-69 62-29-1
 1950-59 27-48-5
 1940-49 21-28-4
 1930-39 38-45-5
 1920-29 33-39-6
Next Game
 11/23/2024 (Sat)  
@ Georgia in a Non-Conference Game
Last Time: Massachusetts lost 27-66 in 2018.
All-Time:
 Massachusetts vs. Georgia 0-1-0 0.0% 
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  vs. Eastern Michigan  14-28 L
 Sat., Sep. 7  @ Toledo  23-38 L
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Buffalo  3-34 L
 Sat., Sep. 21  vs. Central Connecticut State  35-31 W
 Sat., Sep. 28  @ Miami Ohio  20-23 L
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Northern Illinois  20-34 L
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Missouri  3-45 L
 Sat., Oct. 19  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 26  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 2  @ Mississippi State  20-45 L
 Sat., Nov. 9  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Liberty  34-35 L
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ Georgia  
 Sat., Nov. 30  vs. Connecticut  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record1-8
  Scoring172-313
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record1-3
  Away Record0-5
 
2024 Independent  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Connecticut 7-3
Massachusetts 1-8
Notre Dame 9-1
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Massachusetts & Rhode Island have played 86 games.
Massachusetts has won 48 games.
Rhode Island has won 36 games.
with 2 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 1-46
 10 or more 111-129
 20 or more  98-77
 30 or more 60-28
 40 or more 28-8
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 31-0
 10 or more 81-175
 20 or more 36-163
 30 or more 12-129
 40 or more 2-80
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

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